Ontario Arts Council Grant Program: Visual Artists

Two Deadlines: (POSTMARK)

Mid-Career Artists - $7,500: September 15, 2009 deadline
Emerging Artists - $5,000: December 1, 2009 deadline
Established Artists - $15,000: (deadline has passed)

Visual Artists
Ontario Arts Council
Grant Program
Toronto ON

Sector(s) Aboriginal Arts, Franco-Ontarian Arts, Visual and Media Arts & Crafts

Program for: Individuals

Purpose: The Visual Artists grant program assists artists to create and develop new work and to continue work in progress.

Eligibility: This program is open to Ontario-based professional visual artists.

Mid-Career Artists - $7,500: September 15, 2009 deadline

This category is for artists in mid-career and includes artists past the early stages of their professional career who have produced a reasonable body of work and may have a fair degree of public exposure. You must have at least 8 years of professional practice to apply to this category.
If you receive a grant in this category you are no longer eligible to apply to the Emerging Artists category.

Emerging Artists - $5,000: December 1, 2009 deadline

This category is for emerging artists and is reserved for artists in the early years of their professional careers who may have a small exhibition record. You must have at least 3 years of professional practice to apply to this category.
Applicants may apply to only one category per year and should choose the category that is most appropriate to their artistic practice.

Program Guidelines and Application Form:

Project Grant Basics (pdf)
Program Guidelines (pdf)
Application (Word)
Application (pdf)

For more information, please contact Carolyn Vesely, Visual and Media Arts Officer, 416-969-7459, toll free 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7459, cvesely@arts.on.ca, or

Kadija de Paula, Program Assistant, 416-969-7455, toll free 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7455, kdepaula@arts.on.ca, or

Lia Kyranis, Program Assistant, 416-969-7461, toll free 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7461, lkyranis@arts.on.ca.

Services in French are available by contacting Lia Kyranis, 416-969-7461, toll free 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7461, lkyranis@arts.on.ca.

Ontario Arts Council
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Toronto ON M5S 1T6
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